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The All Seeing I: i Say i Say i Say

Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, August 1999

THEY'VE HAD TWO MAJOR HIT SINGLES, BUT YOU'D BE HARD-PRESSED TO NAME THEM BOTH. EACH SINGLE SOUNDS LIKE THE WORK OF A DIFFERENT BAND. THEIR DEBUT ALBUM FEATURES VOCALS BY THE HUMAN LEAGUE'S PHIL OAKEY, SEVENTIES CROONER TONY CHRISTIE, PULP'S JARVIS COCKER, AND BABY BIRD. NONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE IN THE BAND. SO — JUST WHO THE HELL ARE THE ALL SEEING I? TOBY MANNING FINDS OUT.

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